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By Ramina Shlah

CALGARY, AB - APRIL 19: The Calgary Flames salute the crowd after being defeated by the Anaheim Ducks in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Saddledome on April 19, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images)
CALGARY, AB - APRIL 19: The Calgary Flames salute the crowd after being defeated by the Anaheim Ducks in Game Four of the Western Conference First Round during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Saddledome on April 19, 2017 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Derek Leung/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – JUNE 7 2004: (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – JUNE 7 2004: (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) /

Main Rule: We don’t talk about 2004

This is our last subtopic of the day. 2004. Do me a favour, if you see a Calgary Flames fan walking by, just go up to them and apologize for 2004. Otherwise, you never bring up 2004.

Here is what happened.

This was the Flames Cinderella Story. Nobody expected them to do as well as they did, and they were certainly not expected to make it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. But they did, and the Red Mile was as active as ever.

It was the Stanley Cup Finals against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It was game 6, and the Flames were up in the series 3-2. One more win and they’d have just their second Cup in franchise history – their first since 1989, and the first time a Canadian team has won the Cup since 1993.

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Like I said, it was game 6. It’s the third period and the scored is tied 2-2 with a little less than seven minutes left in the game. And what happens? Well, it seems like Martin Gelinas scores! The game winner! The potential Cup winner! But wait, what happens?

The refs decided to waive it off, claiming that there was no conclusive evidence that the puck crossed the line. You be the judge:

This is known as one of the most controversial calls in NHL history. Jarome Iginla would have had his rightfully deserved Cup. Sometimes, I can still hear chants of “It was in” in my nightmares. The Bolts went on to win the game in double overtime and won game 7 aka won the Cup.

And what’s funny, well not so much funny but you get it, is that in the 2015 playoffs, almost the exact same thing happened against the Anaheim Ducks to Sam Bennett.

Everyone at the bar that I was at was chanting, “It was in!”.

But yeah, as I was saying before, never bring up the no-goal call in 2004.

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And that’s a wrap! Here are all the main points you need to know to be a Calgary Flames fan! Don’t worry, you’ll learn along the way. Just remember this: We hate the Oilers, we hate the Ducks, and 2004 didn’t happen.

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